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I have been Foolish and Deluded, and I am a Bear of No Brain at All.

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Brain, Bears, Foolish

A. A. Milne (2012). “Winnie-the-Pooh”, p.37, Egmont UK

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No sensible author wants anything but praise.

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Want, Praise, Sensible

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I suppose that every one of us hopes secretly for immortality; to leave, I mean, a name behind him which will live forever in this world, whatever he may be doing, himself, in the next.

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Mean, Names, Forever

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There was once an old sailor my grandfather knew, Who had so many things which he wanted to do That, whenever he thought it was time to begin, He couldn't because of the state he was in.

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Time, Grandfather, Sailor

A. A. Milne (2011). “Now We Are Six”, p.45, Egmont UK

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"I just like to know," said Pooh humbly.

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Knowledge, Said, Knows

A. A. Milne (2011). “The House at Pooh Corner”, p.33, Egmont UK

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I suppose that by this time they had finished their dressing. Roger Scurvilegs tells us nothing on such important matters; no doubt from modesty. "Next morning they rose," he says, and disappoints us of a picture of Udo brushing his hair.

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Morning, Hair, Rose

A. A. Milne (2013). “Once On A Time”, p.68, Simon and Schuster

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I don't see much sense in that," said Rabbit. "No," said Pooh humbly, "there isn't. But there was going to be when I began it. It's just that something happened to it along the way.

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Rabbits, Apple Pie, Way

A. A. Milne (2002). “Tigger Tales”, Dutton Childrens Books

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Why does a silly bird go on saying "chiff-chaff" all day long? Is it happiness or hiccups?

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Silly, Long, Bird

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What I like doing best is Nothing.

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Piglet, Winnie The Pooh Life, Winni The Pooh

A. A. Milne (2011). “The House at Pooh Corner”, p.133, Egmont UK

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Owl hasn't exactly got Brain, but he Knows Things.

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Bird, Owl, Brain

'Winnie-the-Pooh' (1926) ch. 9

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If there's a buzzing-noise, somebody's making a buzzing-noise, and the only reason for making a buzzing-noise that I know of is because you're a bee.

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Noise, Bees, Reason

A. A. Milne (2012). “Winnie-the-Pooh”, p.11, Egmont UK

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I'll give you three guesses, Rabbit. Digging holes in the ground? Wrong. Leaping from branch to branch of a young oak tree? Wrong. Waiting for somebody to help me out of the river? Right. Give Rabbit time, and he'll always get the answer.

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Digging A Hole, Rivers, Giving

A. A. Milne (2003). “A Smackerel of Pooh: Ten Favorite Stories and Poems”, Dutton Juvenile

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I just wanted to be sure of you.

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Love, Wanted, Children's Books

A. A. Milne (2011). “The House at Pooh Corner”, p.95, Egmont UK

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Brains first and then Hard Work.

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Work, Brain, Firsts

A. A. Milne (2011). “The House at Pooh Corner”, p.19, Egmont UK

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The spring has sprung, the grass is rizz. I wonder where them birdies is?

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Spring, Wonder, Grass

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On Wednesday, when the sky is blue, and I have nothing else to do, I sometimes wonder if it's true That who is what and what is who." - Winnie-the-Pooh

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Blue, Sky, Sometimes

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Mind over matter, will make the Pooh unfatter.

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Mind, Matter

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One does not argue about The Wind in the Willows.

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Wind, Doe, Arguing

Introduction to the Heritage Press edition of "The Wind in the Willows",

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That's right. You'll like Owl. He flew past a day or two ago and noticed me. He didn't actually say anything, mind you, but he knew it was me. Very friendly of him. Encouraging." Pooh and Piglet shuffled about a little and said, "Well, good-bye, Eeyore" as lingeringly as they could, but they had a long way to go, and wanted to be getting on. "Good-bye," said Eeyore. "Mind you don't get blown away, little Piglet. You'd be missed. People would say `Where's little Piglet been blown to?' -- really wanting to know. Well, good-bye. And thank you for happening to pass me.

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Past, Two, Bye

Milne, George, Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander), Shepard, Ernest H. (1977). “The World of Pooh : the Complete Winnie-The-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner”, McClelland and Stewart, 1989

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The old grey donkey, Eeyore stood by himself in a thistly corner of the Forest, his front feet well apart, his head on one side, and thought about things. Sometimes he thought sadly to himself, "Why?" and sometimes he thought, "Wherefore?" and sometimes he thought, "Inasmuch as which?" and sometimes he didn't quite know what he was thinking about.

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Depression, Thinking, Feet

A. A. Milne (2012). “Winnie-the-Pooh”, p.38, Egmont UK

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Christopher Robin was home by this time, because it was the afternoon, and he was so glad to see them that they stayed there until very nearly tea-time, and then they had a Very Nearly tea, which is one you forget about afterwards, and hurried on to Pooh Corner, so as to see Eeyore before it was too late to have a Proper Tea with Owl.

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Home, Owl, Tea

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There's the South Pole, said Christopher Robin, and I expect there's an East Pole and a West Pole, though people don't like talking about them.

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Travel, Talking, People

A. A. Milne (2012). “Winnie-the-Pooh”, p.102, Egmont UK

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I might have known,” said Eeyore. “After all, one can’t complain. I have my friends. Somebody spoke to me only yesterday. And was it last week or the week before that Rabbit bumped into me and said ‘Bother!’. The Social Round. Always something going on.

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Yesterday, Complaining, Might

A. A. Milne (2012). “Winnie-the-Pooh”, p.117, Egmont UK

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To her- Hand in hand we come Christopher Robin and I To lay this book in your lap. Say you're surprised? Say you like it? Say it's just what you wanted? Because it's yours- because we love you.

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Book, Love You, Hands

A. A. Milne (2012). “Winnie-the-Pooh”, p.3, Egmont UK

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Just because an animal is large, it doesn't mean he doesn't want kindness; however big Tigger seems to be, remember that he wants as much kindness as Roo.

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Kindness, Mean, Animal

"The House at Pooh Corner". Book by A. A. Milne, 1928.

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Born: January 18, 1882
Died: January 31, 1956
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